ETHAN'S POV

Waking up to find Summer gone was terrifying. It wasn't just the usual concern of not seeing her beside me when I opened my eyes. It was a gut-wrenching, soul-shaking fear that something terrible had happened. I searched everywhere I could think of. I asked the patrols what they had seen and questioned them again and again until finally, with the little information they gave me, I put the pieces together. The moment they told me what happened that morning, I knew exactly ...